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Krispos Rising
  
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Krispos Rising (Paperback)

de Harry Turtledove (Author)
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Because of rising taxes on his village and the untimely deaths of his parents and sister, young Krispos is forced to leave the family farm and seek his fortune elsewhere. He heads to the imperial city of Videssos, taking with him the magic goldpiece bestowed upon him as a child by the emperor. Krispos first gains employment as a groom for the lecherous Iakovitzes, but the stage is set for what will follow when a noblewoman, Tanilis, has a vision of Krispos as "Majesty." Through Iakovitzes's political connections, Krispos eventually earns the trust of the lighthearted emperor Anthimos, and becomes his chamberlain, but he also earns the distrust of the emperor's uncle, Petronas, who casts a sorcerer's spell on the increasingly influential young man. This is only a temporary setback, however, as Anthimos quashes Petronas's imperial aspirations and sends him packing to a monastery. In this prequel to his Videssos Cycle series , Turtledove provides a thoroughly engrossing adventure about a young farmer, thrown to the wolves in the imperial city, who not only survives but rises above it all.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Mass Market Paperback édition.


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Videssos was beset by enemies abroad and had fallen into decadence at home. But on his first night in the imperial capital, The Empires health mattered less to Krispos than finding a dry place to sleep.

Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived -- and died -- Krispos had come to the. city seeking what fortune a good mind and a strong back could earn. He had a single goldpiece to his name -- the gift, years past, of a nomad chieftain to a ragged peasant boy. Now, though the night was raw and the inn was warm, he was loath to spend that coin, for the barbarian had claimed it carried magic.

Keep his lucky goldpiece or trade it for a warm, dry bed? Krispos tucked the coin away and stepped back into the wet streets -- all unaware that so simple a choice would lead to a world of peril and possibility... --Ce texte provient de la Mass Market Paperback édition.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 An alternate Byzantine world, Mai 7 2002
Par Fred Camfield (Vicksburg, MS USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Krispos Rising (Mass Market Paperback)
To quote W.E.H. Lecky (History of European Morals, 1869) in regard to the Byzantine Empire - "The history of the empire is a monotonous story of the intrigues of priests, eunuchs and women, of poisonings, of conspiracies, of uniform ingratitude, of perpetual fratricides." The present novel creates an alternate world empire, with the story based on an altered version of the rise of Basil I (in this story Krispos) and the Byzantine Emperor Michael III (in this story Anthimos), with some amount of magic added in.

The novel gives a fairly accurate depiction of a Byzantine type empire where various people scheme to obtain power, barbarians raid the borders, and nobels live high on the hog while peasants often starve. The novel follows Krispos' rise to power from his early beginnings as a peasant child carried into captivity by barbarian raiders. Along the way he must survive crippling taxation, epidemics, barbarian raids, homosexual overtures, and attempted assassinations.

The novel has significant sexual content (including orgy style banquets), homosexual relationships, and some violence. Based on content, I would give it a PG-13 rating.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 I loved it!, Aoû 24 2001
Par Matt Dedinas (Panama City, Florida United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Krispos Rising (Mass Market Paperback)
The Tale of Krispos, based on the real life adventures of Basil the Macedonian, Eastern Roman Emperor(867-886 AD) is truly excellent and well written fantasy. The author keeps us gripping the book and you will have to buy the sequel to this when you read it! Good character development. Excellent plot.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 An Excellent Read, Jui 11 2001
This review is from: Krispos Rising (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is, in my opinion, one of Turtledove's best. One of his problems is that many of the characters in his varied series are essentially the same; this does not happen here. The story too is relatively fresh. While it is a basic rags-to-riches plot, the execution is relatively flawless and the details are wonderful. The plot itself is loosely modeled on the rise of Byzantine Emperor Basil I (book two is largely based on Basil II) but the interaction of magic and other various details makes this book unique. It's a well written and exciting read. Moreover, minor details tie it in to the other two Videssos located series, the "Videssos Cycle" and the "Time of Troubles" cycle. Well worth reading, I give it full marks.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Five Stars in Not Enough
The Tale of Krispos series, is actually a two book set about young Krispos, followed by a stand-alone third book about a mature Krispos and his kids. Read more
Publié le Aoû 15 2000 par silliman89

5.0étoiles sur 5 "Krispos" is a delightfully engrossing story!
This was the first book by Turtledove that I read, and it's still my favorite. The story follows the life of the remarkable character "Krispos", from childhood to... Read more
Publié le Aoû 23 1998

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